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Monday, March 31, 2008

Les Incontournables

Paris Incontournables, original watercolorLes Incontournables of Paris are the "must sees" or not-to-be-missed monuments that hit you in face in almost any arrondissement in Paris.L'Arc de Triomph is waiting for you in the 16th arrondissement. Rain or shine it still knocks your socks off.La Madeleine in the 8th, another buliding of grand scale. That's it. The scale of Paris is mostly human-sized, so these grand monuments make a big impression by comparison...Place Vendome is an incontournable. The grandeur of it's open spaces let you experience a terrific openess suddenly.Notre Dame - a must. I find myself walking by most days.There are many others. Paris kindly accomodates you with these historic plaques - good way to work on your French while promenading...

The Eiffel Tower seen from Place de Concord speaks for itself. Is there any other city so loaded withmonuments or has quite this effect on us?Of course can we ever forget the ALMIGHTY Macaron monument!I saw this huge poster hanging in a bio marche.

Again; simply love these vignette WCs you've been doing over there, Carol! Of all the monumental structures you showed today, my favorite would be of that macaron,say, 100 ft wide!Where's Claus Oldenburg when we need him!?

And don't forget the statue of Henri IV on horseback, on the Pont Neuf, right over the lovely Square. I love Henri IV, Le Bon Roi, Le Vert Gallant. You can spot him on mascarons and other little bits all over the city.

Your blog is the only one I read and have ever subscribed to. I LOVE it! We are going to Paris in June and I look forward to whatever tid bits you share. Never had a Macaroon so it's a must try. The Euro-diet will be part of the trip, but surely one macaroon won't send us to the poor house?

I rarely see L'Arc de Triomph as Charlotte drives around it (in 11 unmarked lanes of traffic) and I have my eyes closed. Though I still gasp whenever I arrive in Paris it never fails to take your breath away.

I would have had my eyes closed too DI..But I took the MetroI'm with you on those unmarked lanes.How'd you happen to notice there were ELEVEN lanes?!!Just don't dare go to Brazilia, where every street is a highway.

Although I love the oversized monuments, if I had to pick just ONE quintessential thing about Paris, it would be the cafe chairs - is that more than one thing? So, okay, a single cafe chair to represent the millions.

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I moved to Paris 2 years ago. I should have done it sooner but that's how the macaron crumbles. Living on the Ile Saint Louis next to the Seine after the 19eme is 'la cerise sur la gâteau'. It doesn't get any better. I've painted watercolors for Bocuse, Champagne Mumm, Guerlain, Frederick Cassel, The Russian Tearoom and the Maharana of Udaipur.
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